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Spur of the Moment San Juan Islands Trip!

Submitted by tomluque on July 31, 2017 - 10:30am

Proposed Dates:

Monday, August 7, 2017 to Saturday, August 12, 2017

Region:

San Juan Islands

Trip Plan:

Trailer sailors are welcome to join the NW Potters for a week in the San Juan Islands of Washington state.
If the group wants to return home on Sunday vs Saturday, we will add an extra day.
Bathrooms & showers will be near each morage dock.
Each night we should be at:
Monday 7th Blakely
Tues. 8th Deer Hbr
Wed. 9th Friday Hbr
Thur 10th Friday Hbr
Fri 11th Blakely
Sat or Sunday return Anacortes for Home
Kiosk next to ramp for paying ramp & parking till Saturday.
Meet Monday, Aug 7th, for a 3:00 pm departure from Fidalgo Island's Anacortes' park ramp (west of ferry terminal).
Slack current is at 2pm and will be in or favor to Blakely Island, a 9 mile distance.
Sunset is about 8:30pm
Sunrise 6am
Tuesday 8th
Departure 10am Blakely for Deer Hbr.
Distance: 9.6 miles
Currents in both directions will be under 1mph.
Wednesday 9th
Depart 9am Deer Harbor for Friday Hbr
Distance: 7.7 miles
2pm, Current turns North, against us.
Thursday 10th
Free day to explore Friday Island
Friday 11th
Depart to Blakely. 10.5 miles
Saturday 12th
Depart to Anacortes ramp 9 mi.
Rosario Strait Current will turn North at 3:30pm
Contact: TomLuque@gmail.com for questions or to join the list.